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    A History of Enӓmay Wӓrӓda (1941-1991), East Gojjam
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-02-01) Sinishaw Ayenew; Tamrat Wasyihun (PhD)
    Enӓmay is a wӓrӓda located in the East Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region. The existing evidences indicate that in the past the district of Enӓmay was an important center of administration and economic activities in Gojjam since from Ras Hailu Yosadaqe founded Bečӓna as the political center of Gojjam province in the last quarter of the 18th c. Following the Italians invasion the significance of the Wӓrӓda was increased for both the patriots and the collaborators.The main objective of this thesis is investigating and reconstructing the administrative and socio –economic history of Enӓmay Wӓrӓda from the withdrawal of Italians from the soil of Ethiopia in 1941 to the end of Military government in 1991. The study covers the period from 1941 to1991, in which the community of Enӓmay wӓrӓda like the other residents of Gojjam Province performed significant political and socio-economic developments. The district was well incorporated into the Christian Highland Kingdom in the 14th century and passed through major social, political and economic developments, it was following the withdrawal of Fascist Italians that these economic, social and political developments showed important developments. Thus, thesis seeks to outline how the local people in Enӓmay wӓrӓda reacted to the rule of the Italians. Besides, the thesis attempts to analyze how the inhabitants of the wӓrӓda reacted to the various political and socio-economic activities from 1941 to 1991. This thesis is analyzed and reconstructed based on using archival documents collected in ENALA, IES, DMUAC and FBAC, Enӓmay wӓrӓda and oral information mostly gathered from testimony of oral informants who were participants and observers of events in Enӓmay wӓrӓda ix